Mok Ying Ren

Mok is a 7-time Singapore Marathon Local Champion, capturing every title from 2009 to 2016 with the exception of a 3rd-place finish in 2012. Mok first won the 2009 Singapore Marathon with a time of 2:43:42 on his debut marathon.^[7] At the 2010 Singapore Marathon, his second marathon, he broke his own course record for the local category with a time of 2:38:27.^[8] Mok once again won the 2011 Singapore Marathon Local Category with a time of 2:46:01 despite battling a bad case of plantar fasciitis.^[9]

Mok ran a new Singaporean men's 5000 m national record of 14:51:09 at the Tokai University Time Trials in Japan in May 2011.^[2] The record was broken by Soh Rui Yong in July 2021.^[10]

Mok disrupted his national service (NS) obligations to pursue medical studies. Upon completing his housemanship in various hospitals, he rejoined Singapore Armed Forces serving as a medical officer.^[11][12] After completing his NS obligations, he is since a medical doctor within Singapore's government hospital network.^{[13][non-primary source needed]}

Mok completed his Masters of Sports Medicine from the University of Queensland, Australia in 2017. He began his Orthopaedics Surgery Residency program in 2017. He completed his training in 2022 and is now working in the National University Health System.

Mok married Belinda Ooi on 30 December 2017, after having dated for four years.^[14] They have a daughter (born on 15 December 2019) and a son (born 21 August 2021).^[15][16]